Baby&#39;s chair



. 1 1 w. c. SCHNEIDER- S CHAIR BABY : Filed Julie 2. 1926 A E/aE/e;

Patented Nov. 1, 1927a WILLIAM C. SCHNEIDER,

BABYS Application filed June 2,

This invention relates to nursery devices to facilitate the care of infants when they reach the stage to sit and creep and the same consists of a chair devoid of legs, so as to be placed with the seat or bottom in direct contact with the floor or other support.

The invention further consists of a chair and a tray therefor to confine the infant 'within certain. limits and to receive sundry articles of food, toys or the like.

While the drawings illustrate the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that in adapting the means to meet specific needs and requirements, the design may be varied and such other changes in the many details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the inven tion as claimed, without departing from the spirit thereof.

For a full understanding of the invent-ion and the merits thereof, reference is to be had. to the following description and the drawings hereto attached, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a babys chair embodying the invention, the outer portion of the arm rest on the near side being broken away to show more clearly the means for holding the tray in place.

Figure 2 is a front view of the chair, a portion of the front of the tray being broken away, and

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in the several views of the drawings by'like reference characters.

The chair consists of a box-like body and is devoid of legs whereby to'be placed directly upon the floor or other support, and

' as shown, the same comprises a bottom 1,

sides 2, and a back 3, the body beingopen in front and at the top, as indicated most clearly in Figure 1 of the drawings. The rear portions of the sides 2 are extended upwardly a short distance to provide ample support for the child, the front portionsbeing low so that the arms may move freely thereover. Rests at project laterally from the upper edges of the sides 2 and constitute supporting means for the arms of the child, as well as serving to reinforce the sides 2 and provide guards for the spring catches 5 provided as fastening means for securing the tray when placed in position. The parts or VERDON, NEBRASKA.

CHAIR.

1926. Serial No. 113,246.

4 are in thenature of lateral wings and are braced by means-0f blocks 6, which are secured to the sides 2 in the angle formed between the parts 2 and 4.

.The tray 7 consists of a plate or board of a width slightly greater than the distance between the sides 2 of the body of the chair, and is adapted to slide in grooves 8 formed in the inner walls of the sides 2 adjacent the upper edges thereof, the portions of the sides extending above the tray 7 forming in effect enclosing sides to prevent lateral displacement of articles which may be placed on the tray. A cross strip 9 attached to the front of the tray 7 extends beyond the sides of the latter, so as to overlap the front ends of the sides 2 and come between the extensions of the arm rests 4, as indicated most clearly in Figure 1, and the spring catches .5 are attached to the cross piece 9 and ex tend rearwardly along the outer side of the parts 2 and engage shoulders or stops pro- 7 vided by notches 10 formed in the sides 2 adjacent the top edges therof. The spring catches 5 are attached to the front of the cross piece 9 and are bent to extend rearwardly and when the tray is in position the sides 2 of the body are. comprised between the tray and the catches 5, as shown most body is supported by the back 3 and rear portions of the sides 2, and when the tray is in position, forward movement of the child is limited, but the feet are free because of the open front. The device may be placed directly upon the floor, or upon an ordinary chair or upon the seat of a vehicle, such as an automobile, or upon the floor of the latter, and the child may be fedand amused by placing food and toys upon the tray as will be readily understood.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

A box-shaped body comprising a bottom, a back and sides extended upwardly from the bottom, the sides having grooves in their inner faces adjacent the top edges and slats in their outer faces, a tray slidable in said the body being held between the catches and grooves between the sides and having extentray, and Wings extended outwardly from sions at its front to engage the sides and the upper portions of the sides to form arm 10 limit 'the inward movement of the tray, rests and constituting guards to extend over catches connected to the front of the tray the said catches.

and extending along the outer faces of the In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. sides and engaging said seats, the sides of IVILLIAM C. SCHNEIDER. -1

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,647,200. November 1 1927.

WILLIAM C. SCHNEIDER.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 1 line 110, in the claim, for the Word "slats" read seats; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office Signed and sealed this 8th day of September, A. D. 1956.

Leslie Frazer (Seal) Aoting Commissioner of Patents. 

